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ReviewCancers2026

Primary Bone Vascular Neoplasms: An Integrated Biological Perspective from Bone Pathology to Precision Oncology.

Aikaterini Anetaki, Constantine Anetakis, Ioannis Chaniotakis, Christos Mpogiatzis, Anna Goussia, Dionysios J Papachristou, Mattheos Bobos

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Review in Cancers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Aikaterini AnetakiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic University, Sindos, 57400 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Constantine AnetakisDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic University, Sindos, 57400 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioannis ChaniotakisDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic University, Sindos, 57400 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Christos MpogiatzisOrthopaedic Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Anna GoussiaDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.
Dionysios J PapachristouDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7676-6702
Mattheos BobosDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic University, Sindos, 57400 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5662-9201

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary bone vascular neoplasms comprise a rare and biologically heterogeneous group of endothelial tumors encompassing benign, intermediate, and malignant entities with distinct clinicopathological, molecular, and prognostic characteristics. These tumors remain diagnostically and biologically challenging because of overlapping histopathological features, heterogeneous clinical behavior, evolving molecular landscapes, and limited disease-specific evidence. Advances in bone pathology, immunophenotyping, molecular diagnostics, and genomic profiling have substantially improved tumor classification and biological characterization. Importantly, contemporary classification and molecular studies have also highlighted the biological heterogeneity of vascular lesions involving bone, distinguishing well-defined vascular neoplasms from vascular malformations and identifying additional molecularly defined entities relevant to osseous disease and differential diagnosis. Concurrently, increasing recognition of the bone microenvironment and osteoimmunology provides a broader framework for understanding interactions among endothelial, skeletal, stromal, and immune populations and the extracellular matrix, with potential relevance to angiogenesis, bone remodeling, and tumor biology. Previous authoritative syntheses have established the classification, molecular features, diagnosis, and clinical management of these neoplasms. However, comparatively limited attention has been devoted to integrating tumor-intrinsic alterations with vascular-bone crosstalk, extracellular-matrix and mechanobiological signaling, osteoimmune regulation, and emerging precision-oncology strategies. Building on these foundations, this review integrates current evidence on classification, molecular pathogenesis, the skeletal microenvironment, osteoimmunology, biomarkers, and precision oncology. Where relevant, molecularly defined vascular neoplasms and vascular anomalies involving bone are discussed to clarify classification, molecular context, and differential diagnosis without conflating these lesions with the principal WHO-defined primary vascular neoplasms of bone. Findings directly demonstrated in primary bone vascular neoplasms are distinguished from mechanistic concepts extrapolated from physiological bone biology, other bone tumors, or non-osseous vascular neoplasms. Through this evidence-calibrated approach, we propose an integrated vascular-bone-immune framework, identify key knowledge gaps, and define priorities for disease-specific translational research and more individualized patient management.

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bone microenvironmentendothelial tumorsmolecular pathologyosteoimmunologyprecision oncologyprimary bone vascular neoplasmsvascular anomalies

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PMID42882923
PMCPMC13664260

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